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This Week in Logistics News (May 27 – June 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

Amazon has launched a new fulfillment center in Riyadh doubling its total storage capacity in Saudi Arabia and increasing selling opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses. Walmart added new functionality that lets sellers purchase shipping labels for domestic orders on its marketplace.

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Managing Logistics for The World’s Largest Company with Gary Sostack

The Logistics of Logistics

Then, we buy and ship it to get oil out of the ground. We also searched for people with the best ideas and moved them to Saudi Arabia. I was involved with the procurement of equipment and materials. We once had to move a prototype oil rig from Texas to Saudi Arabia. It had 2,500 pieces.

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Pandemic Underscores Necessity of TMS and Other Supply Chain Tech Tools

Supply Chain Collaborator

The best illustration prompted by the current situation comes from a Reuters report today. “A Freight charges to ship oil in Suezmax tankers… have in some cases increased ten-fold amid a shortage of very large crude carriers (VLCCs)…”.

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InFocus Webinar: Oasis of Opportunity: Tapping into the 3PL Potential of KSA

Locus

In the heart of the Arabian desert, Saudi Arabia is crafting a logistics revolution. In this week’s InFocus webinar series, we had the opportunity to gain key insights on 3PL and e-commerce in the Saudi Arabia region from Salah Taha. It has operated in this region for over 65 years. Missed the live session?

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The Ultimate Guide to Sell on Amazon in The Middle East (The UAE and Saudi Arabia)!

Vinculum

A survey conducted by Bain & Company mentions that the E-commerce business model in MENA is assumed to touch $28.5 With the evaluation of the technology, the online trends of purchasing the brand products have been rising high, and the shopper’s demand keeps on changing as per the latest model or version of the brand products drastically.

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Why Energy Supply Chains are Transitioning to Renewables

Requis

The rise in remote work has led to a drop in demand, not to mention the small matter of a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. The IEA World Energy Outlook 2019 report says : “if the world continues along its present path, without any additional changes in policy… energy demand rises by 1.3% The rise of microgrids.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 30 – June 3, 2016)

Talking Logistics

billion from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund (Reuters). And this week, Reuters reported that Walmart is “six to nine months from beginning to use drones to check warehouse inventories in the United States.” The company demonstrated the use of drones to reporters this week at one of its distribution centers.